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The teams are now starting to leave the last checkpoint. Opening the way is French musher Daniel Juillaguet, who has participated in the Amundsen Race since 2014. He has made the podium every time, but he has won before. Will … Continued

Rookie Petra Kunz will leave the last checkpoint with a 33 minutes lead on Taisto Torneus, a man with lots of experience. He, himself will be chased by Linda Ahnlund. So far, Petra Kunz has had the fastest runs in … Continued

Our photographers have done a great job during the race. For Youtube channel use the icon button at the bottum of the website or HERE For photos please take a look in our Flickr album under the Media site.   … Continued

We and Racetracker have done a test on all trackers and found the reason why a big part of the trackers don’t work. After an update in the system on thursday some trackers have another sort of SIM-card that does … Continued

The fastest teams in the 12 dog team class are now resting at the checkpoint Norråker 2 before going out on the last stretch of the race leading back to Strömsund, which is 103 km long. An exciting finish awaits! … Continued

During the night the Swedish mushers arrived at Chp. Norråker 1. In 12 dog team it’s Nr 5 Håka nIsula, Nr 18 Martin Gröger and Nr 22 Marco Wyss who’s figthing for the championship. In 8 dog team we have … Continued

At 05:24 the last team nr 4 kevin Koene left the wilderness checkpoint Gubbhögen and the checkpoint is closing. Nr 8 Lucinda Mol choose to scatch by a roadpass before Gubbhögen and will be picked up. Foto by Mascha Verweij

Petra Kunz, who competes for the local club Norråker IF, has a good speed on her dog team and is the first musher in the 8 dog team class to arrive in Norråker 1, which is the second checkpoint in … Continued

After several attempts and contact with the producer of the system we are not able to get the trackers working for all the mushers. During the evening we have tested the reserv trackers (app. 20 pieces) and only 5 of … Continued

Experience the atmosphere when the race started thanks to our photographers! Pictures from the race will be downloaded all through the week end on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/amundsenrace/. Find the Flickr icon on the left hand side at the bottom of the … Continued